The Sisley ad is probably one of the most outrageous pictures I have seen in a long time. The ad is very intentionally making a drug reference. They seem to be making light of peoples addiction to drugs. I’m not sure how other people might feel about it but I believe drug abuse is a very serious subject. I think drug references are in very bad taste and worse because they are using it to sell a product or brand. I never expected to see an ad company willing to make light of such a serious situation.
2. Burger King
Burger King used a sex reference to sell their new super seven inch sandwich. The ad is showing a women looking shocked with her mouth open. The seven inch sandwich is just a few inches away from her face. The ad is also obviously and intentionally making a sex reference. Many adults with children are offended that Burger King would be willing to go with that direction. They accomplished their objective by getting a lot of publicity, but unfortunately it is bad publicity. It is very clear that they didn’t take much consideration into how people would react to this advertisement.
3. Play Station
Play station came out with ad that is not obviously or intentionally meant to create that reaction but is still questionable. The ad is depiction a person dressed in white and a person dressed in black. The ad shows the woman in white grabbing the man in black, and it reads “White is coming”. I think in this example they didn’t intend for the ad to have a racial reference, but it turned out that way. They need to take more time to analyze what kind of reaction people might have towards this advertisement.
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